Monday, 12 August 2013

Sepia Saturday 190 : 17 August 2013

Summer means picnics and there are plenty of themes to choose from here, if you are an SS themer (not compulsory). You can home in on the details: teapot, primus stove, chicken, straw hat, blanket, shy girl, garden, or just delve into your albums for a picnic-pic. I asked regular contributor Brett Payne, for permission to use this image, when I spotted it in his response to SS 185. We're keen to use Sepians' own images as prompts where possible, so if you have one you think would fit the bill, let either Alan or me know. We used the other image of Brett's from that same week, as a caption competition on our Sepia Saturday Facebook group page. We have a lot of fun there too and we welcome requests to join from Sepia Saturday contributors.

When you've published your post on your own blog, somewhere around August 17, don't forget to add the link to your actual post (by clicking on its title within the post and then copying the URL which this generates) to Mr Linky, and then leave a comment below. Please link back to this Sepia Saturday page, and there is a mini-banner to add too if you choose. Complete this whole enjoyable experience by visiting as many other contributors as you can. If the mood takes you, leave them a comment as well; we Sepians thrive on comments, and being a courteous bunch we will try to return the favour.Now before you break open the ginger beer and uncover the cold meats, whet your appetite first with a few hors d'oeuvres. You can chew over these in the coming weeks.Marilyn(aka Little Nell)

191 : A man and his sisters, his two wives, or is it one of each? Groups of three come to mind or how about gloves, shawls, bonnets or penetrating gazes!

192 : Over the years we have featured all manner of items of dress - hats, boots and most things in between. But now is an opportunity to look at the humble necktie and the smart suspenders (braces).

Many thanks Brett for the use of your image; I'll save you a Scotch Egg!

Sorry this is a little early too, but since I've done the post I may as well link it up. We take photos so readily these days, but they are often of little significance compared to the depth of meaning that you can see in older photographs.

Sepia Saturday

Launched by Alan Burnett and Kat Mortensen in 2009, Sepia Saturday provides bloggers with an opportunity to share their history through the medium of photographs. Historical photographs of any age or kind (they don't have to be sepia) become the launchpad for explorations of family history, local history and social history in fact or fiction, poetry or prose, words or further images. If you want to play along, all we ask is that your sign up to the weekly Linky List, that you try to visit as many of the other participants as possible, and that you have fun.